Canada's awful new proposals on “harmful” content

Re:Canada's awful new proposals on “harmful” content by Jordrok on Saturday August 14, 2021 @11:35PM (#28186064)

> In what country can you give away 40% of your paycheck making less than 6 figures to then pay for dental work, prescriptions and education out of pocket while needing to make 3x the average salary to afford an average house?

Yeah, I dunno... Maybe there's a little bit of the "grass is greener on the other side of the fence" effect going on here, but as an American, if I hadn't read the rest of your post, I would have sworn you were giving a brutally accurate description of the US in that last sentence.

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Re:Canada's awful new proposals on “harmful” content by Mikeb85 on Sunday August 15, 2021 @11:43AM (#28189658)

I think a big difference between the US and Canada is that living in Denver, Seattle, Atlanta, Chicago, Houston, etc... is way more desirable than living in Edmonton, Calgary, Ottawa or Winnipeg...

In Canada, Toronto and Vancouver are the only real 'destinations' and they're SF and NYC expensive but with jobs that pay less than half...

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